Political commentator, Jason Unruhe, says the US seizure of websites during the JCPOA negotiations is a deliberate provocative attack. 

The Iranian-flagged tanker MT Horse seized by Indonesia in January over allegations of illegal oil transfer in the country’s waters is released.

The Taliban militant group captures a key district in Afghanistan’s central province of Wardak, despite the announcement of a three-day ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawki Allam warns against the Israeli regime’s plans to Judaize the occupied Jerusalem al-Quds, and obliterate its true identity.

Beijing seeks formal verification on the situation of the Chinese seamen ‘as soon as possible.’

Iran calls on South Korea to behave “rationally and responsibly” regarding the technical case of its tanker which was seized recently in the Persian Gulf by Iranian naval forces for repeatedly violating maritime environmental law.

South Korea is to send a delegation to Iran to resolve the issue surrounding the seizure of MT Hankuk Chemi tanker for polluting Persian Gulf waters.

Iran denies reports it had an ulterior motive for impounding a South Korean ship in the Persian Gulf.

The United Nations (UN) says the key city of Bambari in the Central African Republic, which had earlier been seized by rebels, is now in the hands of UN peacekeepers and national security forces.

President Rouhani says the US has tried to compensate for its political defeat at the Security Council with the fake news about the seizure of Iranian fuel tankers.